Songs · Billboard Hot 100

Let There Be Drums

Sandy Nelson

Entered Oct 30, 1961 · peaked at #7 on Dec 18, 1961 · 16 weeks on the chart, last seen Feb 17, 1962

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UK Singles Chart · #3, 16 wkBillboard Hot 100 · #7, 16 wk
Record Power
26.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 3.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
3
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on chart
16
October 1961 – February 1962

Ranked by Record Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a chart published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the chart.

What it earned each artist

Record Power is the song's own figure. Power contributed is what the song earned each artist's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the artist had other songs charting is split between them.

ArtistCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Sandy Nelsonprimary100%26.7

The top ten the week it peaked

See Dec 18, 1961 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Lion Sleeps TonightThe Tokens
  2. #2Please Mr. PostmanThe Marvelettes
  3. #3Run To HimBobby Vee
  4. #4The TwistChubby Checker
  5. #5Walk On ByLeroy Van Dyke
  6. #6Goodbye Cruel WorldJames Darren
  7. #7Let There Be DrumsSandy Nelson
  8. #8Happy Birthday, Sweet SixteenNeil Sedaka
  9. #9Big Bad JohnJimmy Dean
  10. #10Peppermint Twist - Part IJoey Dee & the Starliters

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Let There Be Drums — Sandy Nelson · ChartReign